Vieira de Almeida (VdA)

Vieira de Almeida & Associados (VdA) is a top-tier Portuguese law firm headquartered on Rua Dom Luís I in Lisbon's Santos district, overlooking the Tagus River. With approximately 300 advogados and a renowned VdA Legal Partners network spanning Portuguese-speaking Africa and Timor-Leste, VdA is a market leader in banking and capital markets, EU and competition law, and public law. The firm advises major Portuguese and international financial institutions on matters governed by the Código dos Valores Mobiliários, the Regime Geral das Instituições de Crédito e Sociedades Financeiras (RGICSF), and EU directives, with its advogados inscritos na Ordem dos Advogados and widely recognised as thought leaders in Portuguese legal academia.